Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), has blamed the failure of some businesses in the country on multiple taxation. Mr . Koffi Abassi, the Head, Micro and Small Tax Payers Department, said this at the 2013 National Revenue summit organised by Centre for Economic Research and Development.

Two psychiatrists, yesterday, called for the establishment of more psychiatric hospitals in Lagos State in view of the high level of stress and mental disorders recorded in the state.

ABIAState government has demolished a five-storey building in Aba, housing a hospital, Ezuma Hospitals, allegedly used in the sale of babies.

The Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, yesterday accused the federal government for neglecting the huge economic potentials in the livestock industry.

Globally, consumers are increasingly demanding for means by which household tasks can be accomplished with little or no stress. They would want to sit in the comfort of their living rooms after a day’s job and control virtually all the electrical appliances in the room. Nigerians are not in exception; they demand technological devices that have human interface and can help them execute tasks; all these they want achieved with latest technology reducing costs and risks.

The Nigerian Customs Service has accused the ousted service providers of leaving behind old-fashioned and obsolete scanners at the nation’s seaport, airports and border posts.

By Franklin Alli The president of Gabosky Films Inc, Gab Okoye, has given insight into why stakeholders in the entertainment industry are finding it difficult to access the $200 million African Development Bank (AfDB) facility. The fund is being disbursed through the Bank of Industry to revamp and enhance the nation’s industrial and entertainment sectors. […]

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Ekiti State and a chieftain of Afenifere, Prince Dayo Adeyeye has decried non-payment of gratuties of public servants in the state, who retired from the public service since last year.

The State High court sitting in Koton-Karfe has sentenced an accounts clerk with the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, to three months imprisonment for defrauding the centre of N8.3m.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN weekend, refuted the rumour that it had printed the controversial new N5,000 notes and coins that the law makers had earlier stopped it from printing.